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	<P><H3>Psalm 40</H3>
	<SUP class="vnum">1</SUP> Blessed is he who considers the poor; The LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. 
	<SUP class="vnum">2</SUP> The LORD will preserve him and keep him alive, And he will be blessed on the earth; You will not deliver him to the will of his enemies. 
	<SUP class="vnum">3</SUP> The LORD will strengthen him on his bed of illness; You will sustain him on his sickbed. 
	<SUP class="vnum">4</SUP> I said, "LORD, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You." 
	<SUP class="vnum">5</SUP> My enemies speak evil of me: "When will he die, and his name perish?" 
	<SUP class="vnum">6</SUP> And if he comes to see me, he speaks lies; His heart gathers iniquity to itself; When he goes out, he tells it. 
	<SUP class="vnum">7</SUP> All who hate me whisper together against me; Against me they devise my hurt. 
	<SUP class="vnum">8</SUP> "An evil disease," they say, "clings to him. And now that he lies down, he will rise up no more." 
	<SUP class="vnum">9</SUP> Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted, Who ate my bread, Has lifted up his heel against me. 
	<SUP class="vnum">10</SUP> But You, O LORD, be merciful to me, and raise me up, That I may repay them. 
	<SUP class="vnum">11</SUP> By this I know that You are well pleased with me, Because my enemy does not triumph over me. 
	<SUP class="vnum">12</SUP> As for me, You uphold me in my integrity, And set me before Your face forever. 
	<SUP class="vnum">13</SUP> Blessed be the LORD God of Israel From everlasting to everlasting! Amen and Amen. 
	<p><b>Alleluia</b>

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